Andrew Murray
@andrewjmurray.bsky.social
Twitter for me was mainly about community issues in Soho. Slowly on the way out (of X and Soho) so moving into broader areas of interest here, I hope. Politics, community, books, Spurs, Christian faith ...
Good short thread on Trump, along with article in third post.
Another good thing to do would be to find reporters/outlets/mediums that are helpful at explaining *why* both of these things are happening — and aren’t surprising developments in the bigger picture of politics right now — rather than focus on the spectacle of each one.
In the span of 12 hours Trump called MTG a "traitor" and posted photos from his playdate with Zohran Mamdani. The only lesson I can take away is that anytime you find yourself trying to predict the future just stop
November 23, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Good short thread on Trump, along with article in third post.
Interesting features. Perhaps more people should carry a magnifying glass.
July 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Interesting features. Perhaps more people should carry a magnifying glass.
Is that the guy who is too scared to use his phone on the street in London?
Matt Goodwin telling Michael Gove that he wants to be Home Secretary in a Reform government.
June 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Is that the guy who is too scared to use his phone on the street in London?
First time I can remember being interested (and ignorant) enough to follow up a newspaper ad by a big company.
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Zonal energy pricing explained
Zonal pricing could save Britain £3.7 billion a year on energy bills and cut system carbon emissions by 17%. Here's an overview of what needs to change and why.
octopus.energy
June 14, 2025 at 11:34 AM
First time I can remember being interested (and ignorant) enough to follow up a newspaper ad by a big company.
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soho primary is running an online artwork auction, fundraising for the school with the generous help of artists' donations – bidding ends 5pm thu 12 jun and there are bargains (relatively speaking) if you know...
image: glenn baxter, the wonder book of knowledge: how the brain works, 2015
#art
image: glenn baxter, the wonder book of knowledge: how the brain works, 2015
#art
June 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
soho primary is running an online artwork auction, fundraising for the school with the generous help of artists' donations – bidding ends 5pm thu 12 jun and there are bargains (relatively speaking) if you know...
image: glenn baxter, the wonder book of knowledge: how the brain works, 2015
#art
image: glenn baxter, the wonder book of knowledge: how the brain works, 2015
#art
Leaving with character and reputation intact.
Poch and Ange gave us the highs. Daniel Levy has given us the lows. (Taking away the credit he should have from appointing them in the first place, and from the business achievements of the stadium, etc).
Poch and Ange gave us the highs. Daniel Levy has given us the lows. (Taking away the credit he should have from appointing them in the first place, and from the business achievements of the stadium, etc).
June 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Leaving with character and reputation intact.
Poch and Ange gave us the highs. Daniel Levy has given us the lows. (Taking away the credit he should have from appointing them in the first place, and from the business achievements of the stadium, etc).
Poch and Ange gave us the highs. Daniel Levy has given us the lows. (Taking away the credit he should have from appointing them in the first place, and from the business achievements of the stadium, etc).
So pleased for him.
May 21, 2025 at 10:13 PM
So pleased for him.
Good response to a poor word choice, rightly challenged. If only the world had more of this!
As I say on the pod, I regret using the word clown & have conveyed that to AP, with an apology. It wasn't intended to reflect my own feelings about him, rather the binary way he could be perceived by others in future, depending on tonight. I stand by that point but it wasn't the best choice of word.
May 21, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Good response to a poor word choice, rightly challenged. If only the world had more of this!
@peterwatts.bsky.social wondered if you have seen this? x.com/GeorgeSmed/s...
George Smedley on X: "A detail from Brian Barnes' (1944 - 2021) 'Demonstration Monday 21 May' (c. 1990, depicting Margaret Thatcher demolishing Battersea Power Station. The work forms part of our latest exhibition, 'Shadow City' - opening on Friday 27th June. https://t.co/3xBFlEP1yk https://t.co/kIlGkK2Cvo" / X
A detail from Brian Barnes' (1944 - 2021) 'Demonstration Monday 21 May' (c. 1990, depicting Margaret Thatcher demolishing Battersea Power Station. The work forms part of our latest exhibition, 'Shadow City' - opening on Friday 27th June. https://t.co/3xBFlEP1yk https://t.co/kIlGkK2Cvo
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May 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
@peterwatts.bsky.social wondered if you have seen this? x.com/GeorgeSmed/s...
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Felixstowe Martello Towers, Bawdsey Radar and Sutton Hoo. Chain Home towers seen on the coast during a visit in 1952 from today’s new post at alondoninheritance.com
April 20, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Felixstowe Martello Towers, Bawdsey Radar and Sutton Hoo. Chain Home towers seen on the coast during a visit in 1952 from today’s new post at alondoninheritance.com
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Elm Trunks for Conduit Pipes dug up near St Anne’s, Soho from my post on St Anne’s Soho, New River Company and Shaftesbury Avenue at alondoninheritance.com/london-histo...
April 10, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Elm Trunks for Conduit Pipes dug up near St Anne’s, Soho from my post on St Anne’s Soho, New River Company and Shaftesbury Avenue at alondoninheritance.com/london-histo...
Expect Spurs to become 'the Tottenham Hotspurs' in the not too distant future, if the trajectory described in this article continues. You heard it here first. www.nytimes.com/athletic/616...
How to brand (or re-brand) a Premier League club: Names, locations, kits and crests
After Tottenham requested that they be called Tottenham Hotspur or simply 'Spurs', we look at the key components of club branding.
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March 2, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Expect Spurs to become 'the Tottenham Hotspurs' in the not too distant future, if the trajectory described in this article continues. You heard it here first. www.nytimes.com/athletic/616...
Can hardly believe the shameful performance in the Oval Office. But many Americans will be finding it hard to be proud of their country today. Don't forget that.
February 28, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Can hardly believe the shameful performance in the Oval Office. But many Americans will be finding it hard to be proud of their country today. Don't forget that.
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I fear that Trump’s betrayal of Ukraine is the opening chapter of a very dark story for democracy - my @inews.co.uk column inews.co.uk/opinion/betr...
Betrayal of Ukraine is the opening chapter of a dark story for democracy
The foreign policy of the world’s strongest nation and key democracy is driven by one man’s monumental ego
inews.co.uk
February 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I fear that Trump’s betrayal of Ukraine is the opening chapter of a very dark story for democracy - my @inews.co.uk column inews.co.uk/opinion/betr...
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As Trump tears up democratic norms in the US and the UK's rival Right-populist parties egg him on, how about Labour repairing some of the damage to democracy the Tories did when they were in power? www.onlondon.co.uk/comment-stre...
Comment: Bring back London's second preference voting system
As the UK's populist Right cheers on Trump's abuse of power, Labour should repair the damage the Tories did to electors' choice
www.onlondon.co.uk
February 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
As Trump tears up democratic norms in the US and the UK's rival Right-populist parties egg him on, how about Labour repairing some of the damage to democracy the Tories did when they were in power? www.onlondon.co.uk/comment-stre...
A piece that is both life affirming and deeply challenging. No one should think that governing is easy, but how we need more politicians who understand and promote the values that @ianbirrell.bsky.social expresses so movingly.
My piece reflecting on life, love, loss and learning disabilities following the death of my daughter www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/artic...
February 8, 2025 at 9:08 AM
A piece that is both life affirming and deeply challenging. No one should think that governing is easy, but how we need more politicians who understand and promote the values that @ianbirrell.bsky.social expresses so movingly.
Really interesting post, well worth a read for anyone interested in #Soho.
Today’s new post. More Soho pubs including the Pillars of Hercules – Greek Street at alondoninheritance.com
January 27, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Really interesting post, well worth a read for anyone interested in #Soho.
There's a real problem with this. It's a 'success', a key part of growth for the powers that be, especially in bringing more tourists to London. But they don't just use the new Elizabeth line - they also add to existing overcrowding elsewhere, on public transport and on central London streets.
More than 500 million passenger journeys have been made on the Elizabeth line in its first two and a half years, making it the single busiest railway service in the UK, according to new Transport for London data released today
January 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
There's a real problem with this. It's a 'success', a key part of growth for the powers that be, especially in bringing more tourists to London. But they don't just use the new Elizabeth line - they also add to existing overcrowding elsewhere, on public transport and on central London streets.
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If there’s one thing, one bloody thing, that we have learned over the last century it’s that seizing territory by force or coercion is bad - not just on moral grounds but because it makes every border a temporary line of control awaiting an act of aggression. I despair, I really do.
January 10, 2025 at 10:53 AM
If there’s one thing, one bloody thing, that we have learned over the last century it’s that seizing territory by force or coercion is bad - not just on moral grounds but because it makes every border a temporary line of control awaiting an act of aggression. I despair, I really do.
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An underappreciated aspect of the Nazi rise is how quickly German *society* fell into line. In early March 1933, a majority of German voters voted against the Nazis. By late spring, pretty much the whole country backed them. How did that happen? Here's a little thread. (1/6)
Superb article in the Atlantic yesterday about how Hitler destroyed the political system of the Weimar Republic between January and March of 1933.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days
He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.
www.theatlantic.com
January 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
An underappreciated aspect of the Nazi rise is how quickly German *society* fell into line. In early March 1933, a majority of German voters voted against the Nazis. By late spring, pretty much the whole country backed them. How did that happen? Here's a little thread. (1/6)
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There's a sort of "immigration bad vs multiculturalism good" polarisation in the debate, but very little in the way of a nuanced middle ground that acknowledges both the benefits and costs and soberly tries to work through how you get the best of diversity whilst also mitigating downsides/risks.
January 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
There's a sort of "immigration bad vs multiculturalism good" polarisation in the debate, but very little in the way of a nuanced middle ground that acknowledges both the benefits and costs and soberly tries to work through how you get the best of diversity whilst also mitigating downsides/risks.
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Several #London politicians have (rightly) been pushing for stronger powers. I'm told that Westminster Council leader @adamhug.bsky.social is the one who did the deal with the cabinet office.
ICYMI: Mayors in England will be handed new powers to crack down on e-bikes & e-scooters being dumped on pavements
London Labour AM Elly Baker says the Govt has listened: "Lack of regulation for careless parking has resulted in blocked pavements [and] street clutter" - hitting vulnerable people
London Labour AM Elly Baker says the Govt has listened: "Lack of regulation for careless parking has resulted in blocked pavements [and] street clutter" - hitting vulnerable people
December 17, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Several #London politicians have (rightly) been pushing for stronger powers. I'm told that Westminster Council leader @adamhug.bsky.social is the one who did the deal with the cabinet office.
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Not keen. The trend in English local government for decades has been for bigger, more remote councils in pursuit of illusory economies of scale.
Excl: Government will move to scrap district councils in its devolution white paper on Monday, sparking the biggest local government reorganisation in 50 years
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District councils face scrapping in major overhaul of English local government
[FREE TO READ] Devolution white paper aims to create larger authorities and more elected mayors
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December 13, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Not keen. The trend in English local government for decades has been for bigger, more remote councils in pursuit of illusory economies of scale.
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NEW: Why do we always think crime is rising, even when it isn’t?
This week I looked at one of the big data mysteries. Britain is 2/3 less violent than the 1990s; thefts were higher pre-lockdown
Why, then, doesn’t it feel like it?
1/8
@thetimes.com
🔗 www.thetimes.com/article/b63d...
This week I looked at one of the big data mysteries. Britain is 2/3 less violent than the 1990s; thefts were higher pre-lockdown
Why, then, doesn’t it feel like it?
1/8
@thetimes.com
🔗 www.thetimes.com/article/b63d...
December 1, 2024 at 9:26 AM
NEW: Why do we always think crime is rising, even when it isn’t?
This week I looked at one of the big data mysteries. Britain is 2/3 less violent than the 1990s; thefts were higher pre-lockdown
Why, then, doesn’t it feel like it?
1/8
@thetimes.com
🔗 www.thetimes.com/article/b63d...
This week I looked at one of the big data mysteries. Britain is 2/3 less violent than the 1990s; thefts were higher pre-lockdown
Why, then, doesn’t it feel like it?
1/8
@thetimes.com
🔗 www.thetimes.com/article/b63d...
Can't argue much with this thread! Thanks, TfL, very thoughtful gift - not.
In June the Pedicabs (Licensing) Act 2024 was was passed. While we await regulation here's a playlist of the Pedicab riders of #Soho favourite festive songs (played on repeat from mid Nov):
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Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (Official Video)
YouTube video by MariahCareyVEVO
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December 8, 2024 at 9:46 PM
Can't argue much with this thread! Thanks, TfL, very thoughtful gift - not.